Gov. Pat McCrory gave his cabinet secretaries pay hikes as large as $13,200, far more than anything afforded to typical state employees in recent years.The Republican’s cabinet makes a combined $1.1 million – an 8 percent increase from his Democratic predecessor.

I thought that and the unemployment cut was completely despicable and foolish for an incoming Gov.

Work on the process of unemployment. (GO online, say you have applied to jobs, collect checks) That's too easy. Get people to send in responses from applications, build up skill sets, things like that.

That would weed out people who corrupt the system and get more workers in the workforce improving the economy.

Calling the department heads pay increases as something to "help them take care of their families" made me want to vomit.
Many of the State workers that got laid off last year and the year before have yet to get work again. So he cuts their help and increases the pay for his cronies.